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A few weeks ago, footage showing asylum seekers, including young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard was sent to The New York Times.

Matina Stevis-Gridneff, The Times’s bureau chief in Brussels, discusses how she proved the truth of the tip that a major European government was carrying out an illegal scheme risking the...

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts for falsifying business records, but hours after leaving the court he defended himself in a prime-time speech to his supporters. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen will meet with the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles. And two European leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, are in Beijing.

The Federal Reserve is expected to hike interest rates on Wednesday. An Indiana doctor speaks out about the consequences she has faced for providing an abortion to a 10-year-old who had been raped. Russia cut down its gas supplies to European Union forcing the bloc to reduce the consumption in the coming months.

In this episode, I address an epic meltdown by a liberal commentator during a livestream. I also cover the release of troubling new video of the DHS Minister of Truth. News Picks: Rumble and Locals to provide censorship protection for "2000 Mules" documentary. George Soros, Clinton and Obama staffers and European governments are behind anti-Musk campaign. Gun sales are exploding. CDC bought cell phone...

As Russian forces bombard Ukraine’s cities and strike civilian areas with increasingly powerful weapons, the European Union has adopted the largest package of sanctions ever imposed on a single country.

The 27-nation bloc overcame a reputation for internal division to agree on the penalties — but will they be enough to help bring the war to an end?

Guest: Matina Stevis-Gridneff, the Brussels bureau...

Putin appears to be establishing a pretext for a Russian invasion of Ukraine. It remains to be seen whether the Russian invasion will unite NATO allies or drive a wedge between them and the United States.

The president says that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is still "distinctly possible" Vice President Harris will discuss the crisis with European allies at the Munich Security Conference. Former President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are at odds over the integrity of the 2020 election.

For three decades, President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus, a former Soviet nation in Eastern Europe, ruled with an iron fist. But pressure has mounted on him in the past year and a half. After a contested election in 2020, the European Union enacted sanctions and refused to recognize his leadership.

In the hopes of bringing the bloc to the negotiating table, Mr. Lukashenko has...

Europe’s vaccination process was expected to be well-orchestrated and efficient. So far, it’s been neither. Sabrina Tavernise, a national correspondent for The Times, spoke with our colleague Matina Stevis-Gridneff about Europe’s problems and why things could get worse before they get better.

Guest: Matina Stevis-Gridneff, the Brussels correspondent for The New York Times, covering the European Union.

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